Annual report : 1940 / Faringdon Cottage Hospital.

  • Faringdon Cottage Hospital (Faringdon, England)
Date:
1940
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Credit: Annual report : 1940 / Faringdon Cottage Hospital. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    REPORT 1. —The Committee report that on ist January, 1940, there were six patients in Hospital and 138 in-patients were admitted during the year, making a total of 144 who received treatment. Of these no were discharged as cured, 17 were relieved, 10 treated, 3 died, and 4 remained in Hospital at the end of the year. The average stay in Hospital was 14.8 days. The average number of beds occupied daily was 5.8. The average cost per in-patient per day was 10s. id. Of the in-patients the number of medical cases was 47, surgical cases 30, accidents 24, and dental 43. The total number of operations performed was 60. Of these n were surgical, 6 accidents, and 43 dental. The number of out-patients treated in 1940 was 264 and the total number of attendances 1,381. The number of operations was 88. 2. —In the interests of War time economy the Committee have some¬ what curtailed their Report for 1940. 3. —A Statement of Income and Expenditure will be found printed in this Report showing an adverse Balance of £6 8s. 5d. at the end of the year, together with Statements of the Deposit and Children s h und Accounts. ^150 was transferred from Deposit account to Current account during the year. 4. _The Committee express their gratitude to all those whose names appear in the List of Donations published herewith, and they are also most grateful to Mr. Tyler, of The Swan Hotel, Radcot, for collections received from his Bathing Box and to Mr. W. H. Cook for proceeds of his Weighing Machine Box. They also acknowledge with grateful thanks a grant of £25 from the Nuffield Trust towards the cost of the new drying room. e_At the Annual General Meeting the Committee accepted with great regret the resignation of Mr. L. C. Horton as Treasurer of the Hospital, and unanimously passed a vote of thanks and appreciation for his valuable work as Treasurer. They also accepted with great regret the resignation of Mrs. Bowman as Hon. Almoner, and from the General and Executive Committees, and expressed their grateful appreciation of her very valuable work in connection with the Hospital. The resignation of Mrs. Pratt from the General Committee was also accepted with regret. To fill the vacancies on the General Committee, the Committee appointed Mrs. D. W. Burgess and Mrs. W. H. Cook. The Committee appointed The Manager for the time being of Lloyds Bank, Faringdon, to be the Treasurer of the Hospital. The Committee also record with great regret the death of Rev. H. R. Sumner, who had served on the Committee since 193^- 6 —The last Report of the Faringdon Ambulance covered the period from its purchase till the end of March, 1940. The Report following from the Secretary of the Ambulance Committee is. from January to December, 1940.